One Forgotten Line: How Anthropic Handed Rivals Their $340 Billion AI Crown Jewels
Picture firing up your terminal for the latest AI coding tool — only to accidentally download a company's entire secret playbook. That's what happened when Anthropic's negligence gifted the world their crown jewels.
⚡ Key Takeaways
- One missing .npmignore line leaked 512K lines of Anthropic's Claude Code, costing billions in IP value.
- Exposed features include spy agents and CLI pets — signs of rushed, creative chaos.
- Run `npm pack --dry-run` religiously; AI tool leaks accelerate the open-source agent revolution.
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Originally reported by dev.to
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